Steak Salad
Sunday, August 6, 2023
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Maxwell Frost rips new Florida curriculum as bid to ‘erase Black history’
“They want to change education so they can change the mindset of a generation,” says Rep. Maxwell Frost on the new teaching standards pushed by the right in Florida. “Not only is that not going to work, but it’s just going to piss us off.”
Florida AG Ashley Moody Intensifies Legal Battle Over Marijuana Ballot Proposal
This week, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody intensified the legal battle to keep a proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize the recreational use of marijuana off the ballot in 2024.
In a brief filed Wednesday, lawyers for Moody said the measure “misleads” voters in a way to benefit the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, Trulieve.
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Saturday, August 5, 2023
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Why is Ron DeSantis acting so macho?
Some folks are getting sick of the violent and hateful rhetoric, but a candidate for president speaking like he’s about to slit the throats of government employees is causing even some Republicans to draw a line.....MORE
Ron DeSantis says men with Nazi flags were ‘not true supporters’
During a televised Ron DeSantis town hall in New Hampshire, the problem of displays of Nazi iconography in Florida proved to be a topic of interest beyond the state’s borders.
Asked about people who purported to be supporters of his who had “flags that said DeSantis 2024” and “Nazi, swastika flags,” DeSantis said he didn’t “think that they are” his supporters, before suggesting that the display was part of an “operation” against him.
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Friday, August 4, 2023
Florida education officials may lift ban on AP psychology course: report
Florida high schools may teach Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology courses, the state Department of Education clarified Friday, a day after it stated that teaching the class would violate the law.....MORE
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Blind Tiger to open in new space in Ybor City featuring a rooftop speakeasy
Blind Tiger is one of the most popular cafes in Ybor City, and all of Tampa. According to a new report from The Tampa Bay Business Journal, it has outgrown its original Ybor location, and will soon expand to the old Boneyard Bar at 1823 E 7th Avenue. The new space will more than double Blind Tiger’s current cafe space, and will add a new rooftop speakeasy, according to TBBJ’s story.....MORE
FloridaCommerce plans for nearly $1 billion grant for Hurricane Ian relief
Hurricane Ian made landfall last September and devastated parts of Florida. FloridaCommerce held a public hearing Friday at the University of South Florida about federal recovery funding.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Florida would receive 910 million dollars in funding. The funding goes towards 20 counties in Florida, including Hillsborough and Pinellas.
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Kathy Castor still upset over DeSantis veto that cost FL $350 million in energy funds
Tampa Bay area Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor remains livid that Gov. Ron DeSantis turned down $354 million for energy-efficient measures provided through federal legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden.....MORE
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JENerational Change: Sam Bankman-Fried WALKING, Justice Dems HURTING & Issue 1 PENDING w/ Morgan Harper
Hosted by Jen Perelman and Peter Hager
We'll be discussing Issue 1 on Ohio's ballot next Tuesday with former U.S. Senate Candidate & Justice Dems alum Morgan Harper.
We'll also be speaking with activist Hannah Riley about the latest goings on at Cop City in GA.
Finally, we'll address the albatross that is Sam Bankman-Fried & how our justice system is completely broken.
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AP Psychology 'effectively banned' in Florida because of gender, sexuality chapter
Florida superintendents were advised Thursday by the state to nix their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to The College Board, which oversees the AP program. more
Thursday, August 3, 2023
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Jerk Chicken
Rice and Beans and Cabbage
$6.49 Lunch Special
Hines Caribbean Cuisine
3313 N. Nebraska Ave, Ybor Heights
Tampa's Best Jamaican Food!
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Trump, now thrice indicted, “betrayed this country” according to Kathy Castor
We’re living through a dark chapter in American history, according to Democratic congress member Kathy Castor, who was reacting to the former president being indicted on criminal charges.
“And that’s what struck me reading through the indictment. Last night, the depth, and breadth, the times he was told that “No, there were no election irregularities,” but he kept pressing kept spreading, kept spreading lies. But it also gives me hope, because there were brave Republicans who stood in the breach and push back in Arizona, in Georgia, Vice President Pence, who said no, we’re not going to overturn the US Constitution.”
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